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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and anthropometric characteristics of the study groups

From: Leu72Met polymorphism of GHRL gene decreases susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Mexican population

 

CS n = 125

T2D n = 159

p

Demographic

 Age (years)

40.3 ± 8.8

51.1 ± 9.0

≤0.0100

Gender

 Female n (%)

86 (68.8)

95 (59.7)

NS

 Male n (%)

39 (31.2)

64 (40.3)

NS

Clinical and anthropometric

 Weight (kg)

63.1 ± 8.7

79.4 ± 15.9

≤0.0001

 BMI (Kg/m2)

23.3 ± 1.6

30.3 ± 5.5

≤0.0001

 SBP (mmHg)

117.1 ± 13.5

124.2 ± 15.4

0.0040

 DBP (mmHg)

75.2 ± 8.6

78.4 ± 10.9

0.0010

 Waist (cm)

80.5 ± 7.7

99.2 ± 11.6

≤0.0001

 Hip (cm)

98.5 ± 4.9

107.7 ± 11.0

≤0.0001

 BFP (%)

27.1 ± 6.7

34.1 ± 8.9

≤0.0001

 Glucose (mg/dl)

89.2 ± 14.5

182.9 ± 77.0

≤0.0001

 Cholesterol (mg/dl)

194.2 ± 76.9

211.6 ± 54.8

0.0400

 Triglycerides (mg/dl)

121.9 ± 88.6

209.9 ± 131.2

≤0.0001

 c-HDL (mg/dl)

50.8 ± 13.7

42.4 ± 14.3

≤0.0010

 c-LDL (mg/dl)

126.1 ± 45.8

149.4 ± 52.6

0.0020

  1. CS Control Subjects, T2D Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, BFP Body Fat Percentage, c-HDL High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, c-LDL Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, NS non-significant. Values of gender are expressed as frequency (percentage) analyzed by chi square test. All the other variables are expressed as means±SD and compared by Student’s t-test